Design and Production of Customizable Furniture with a CNC Router
The most common CNCs and cutters
A course by Daniel Romero / Tuux , Industrial Designer
Joined February 2019
About the video: The most common CNCs and cutters
Overview
“CNC machines are within the manufacturing universe known as digital manufacturing. This basically means that you design on a computer with the intention of manufacturing with machines controlled by other computers. During this lesson I will tell you more about this topic. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Romero / Tuux addresses the topic: The most common CNCs and cutters, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Production of Customizable Furniture with a CNC Router. Learn how to create functional, environmentally-friendly furniture that’s easy to assemble using a combination of software and machinery.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Most Common CNCs and Cutters In this lesson, we'll talk about CNC machines. CNC machines are part of a discipline known as digital production. This basically means that you design something on a computer so it will be produced by a machine that's also controlled by a computer. In the realm of digital production, we find two general processes: additive manufacturing and subtractive manufacturing. Additive manufacturing, as its name implies, means that we add material to create something. Imagine, for example, a cookie machine; you add the dough and turn the lever to exert pressure, and t...”
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Course summary for: Design and Production of Customizable Furniture with a CNC Router
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Furniture Design & Making, Industrial Design, Product Design, Woodworking

Daniel Romero / Tuux
A course by Daniel Romero / Tuux
Daniel Romero is a Mexican industrial designer and one of the founding partners of Tuux, a design studio focused on sustainable and socially responsible projects that align with their work philosophy. Their work spans a range of fields including consumer products, interior design, architecture, urban intervention, and exhibitions.
In addition to his role at Tuux, he is a partner and jury member at the Abierto Mexicano de diseño competition, professor of the design, furniture, and ergonomics workshop at the CIDI (UNAM), and founder and designer of Hecho y Derecho, an online sales platform for furniture and accessories. On top of it all, he also collaborates on projects for other companies as a freelancer.
His work, both individually and through his studio, has earned numerous awards, most notably: winner of 2019 Red Dot Design Award (Germany), a spot on the list of the 100 most important Mexican creatives in the world (Forbes Magazine, Mexico), as well as winner and runner-up at three Ibero-American Design Biennials (Madrid 2014, 2016, and 2018).
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